Absence of suppression in particle production at large transverse momentum in sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV d+Au collisions

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Aug 15;91(7):072303. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.072303. Epub 2003 Aug 15.

Abstract

Transverse momentum spectra of charged hadrons with p(T)<8 GeV/c and neutral pions with p(T)<10 GeV/c have been measured at midrapidity by the PHENIX experiment at BNL RHIC in d+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. The measured yields are compared to those in p+p collisions at the same sqrt[s(NN)] scaled up by the number of underlying nucleon-nucleon collisions in d+Au. The yield ratio does not show the suppression observed in central Au+Au collisions at RHIC. Instead, there is a small enhancement in the yield of high momentum particles.